Michael Foord wrote: > Chris Withers wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Is the Express Edition of Visual C++ 2008 suitable for compiling >> packages for Python 2.6 on Windows? >> (And Python 2.6 itself for that matter...) > I would think so - all you really need is the compiler (which the > express version definitely includes). You may need to manually add > some directories to the path. > > I haven't actually tried it, but then nor have you from the sound of it. > >> >> Ditto for 2.5, 3.1 and the trunk (which I guess becomes 3.2?) > > Python 3.1 / 3.2 are built with VS 2008. 2.5 is built with 2003 which > is difficult to download unless you have an MSDN subscription. VS 2008 > can't (reliably) be used to build extensions for 2005 I believe. > D'oh. For 2.5 I mean. It may be *possible* though - just as you *can* build extensions for Python 2.5 on windows with mingw (with the appropriate distutils configuration), but there are pitfalls with doing this. Michael > I'm sure someone will correct me if this information is incorrect. > > Michael > >> >> cheers, >> >> Chris >> > > -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog
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